Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — If you live on the edge of a forest a little wildlife is but one of nature’s attractions. So seeing a silver fox kit out during the day is completely normal. And nothing to get alarmed about, says an unstartled Pine Ridge resident who’s caught sight the past month. […]
Historian Judy Humphrey to spotlight 24 memorial windows, prominent pioneer families and First World War soldier Cyril Power Palmer during three guided tours, talks Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Every stained glass window at St. James Anglican Church tells a story, and local historian Judy Humphrey is ready to share them. As part of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHHURST — Summer camps are in full swing in Muskoka. But before they became the home away from home for kids, there was an infamous one during the late Second World War. Camp 20 in Gravenhurst was a German POW (prisoner of war) facility run by the Canadian government on behalf […]
MUSKOKA — Grab a lawn chair and dip your feet in the water at the Dwight Beach Wednesday night for the first of four concerts by the Muskoka Concert Band. The community orchestra plays popular district parks evenings in July for free — with a goodwill collection. After a Canada Day kick off at the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Sunday night Mariposa headliner Steve Earle is guaranteed to mix American politics with his Grammy award-winning country, rock and folk music. He followed British political commentator Billy Bragg Friday night. But it was Canadian singer Sarah Harmer last night who put her same sound and emotion into Canadian context […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Imagine a concert headlined with Billy Bragg, Steve Earle and Taj Mahal and the Phantom Blues Band backed up by dozens of extraordinary folk, country and blues artists. And call it Mariposa 2026. Celebrating 65 years and counting, the giant annual three-day summer music fest is the best weekend […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare said Friday that its CT scanner at South Muskoka Memorial Hospital is fully operational, and that CT services have resumed as normal. However surgical services remain temporarily moved to Huntsville District Memorial Hospital — for at least over the weekend — due to mechanical problems with […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — “Come on out to my concert at the United church tomorrow night at 7 p.m. “I will have some of my best original songs as well as some of the most beautiful piano covers of all time.” How’s that for a personal invitation to hear a versatile and extremely […]